Warren Adams Bacon IV
June 17, 1947- August 22, 2025
If you believe the reason we are on this planet is to make a positive change, then Warren Adams Bacon IV accomplished his purpose!
Warren Bacon was a great teacher, multifaceted performer, an excellent rigger, scuba diving enthusiast, roller coaster fan, baker, animal-lover, mentor, and friend. He will be missed by many. May his memory be a blessing.
Thank you to Anna Katherine Freeman, Jesi Mays, and Sharon Rembert from Southern Care New Beacon Hospice, Lisa King, Shawn Hall, Billy Traeger, and the wonderful people of Project Horseshoe Farms, for caring for and about Warren in recent years.
If you are moved to make a donation in his memory, please consider The Horseshoe Farms Project (https://www.projecthsf.org/) or Circus Harmony (https://circusharmony.org/) .
Kyran Walton
I think I was about 12. I’ll say this, I’ve always been a rather expressive person and even more as a kid. Some called it an attitude, I called it being misunderstood lol.
That didn’t really matter to Warren. He was helping me with my backtucks on banquine and we were trying to link 3 flips in a row. We called it swing time. We were having a bit of trouble and it was just becoming tedious and frustrating. Warren watched on the outside and decided to step in to say one quote I’ll never forget.
Warren looked at me after and said sternly “you are a stick. Sticks stay tight. They don’t move. They don’t talk back. You are a STICK!!”
The tricked worked very well after that conversation. Sometimes you just have to take the note and be tight and let others do their job. It’s quite simple. I remember hearing him say that and my brain was like wow that’s a crazy thing to say but also he’s right. I feel like it revolutionized my way of flying. Stay tight, don’t move, and your bases should be able to handle the rest. Make yourself very clear in all the movements you do.
Warren also helped me a lot with managing my emotions and learning how to channel all of it into acrobatics. It can be quite a lot when there so many voices, emotions, chaos in a training room. I always felt heard in conversations with him expressing my frustrations.
Forever grateful to have learned so much as a kid and I continue to carry it into adulthood and my professional career.
And lastly, his legacy will always live on in every backtuck I do for the rest of my life. I’m so incredibly honored and proud of that!
